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oxytrope

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oxytrope
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of locoweed.

Etymology

From translingual Oxytropis, from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, pointy”) + τρόπις (trópis, “keel”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

oxytropes (plural)

Synonyms

locoweed

Questions

What does oxytrope mean?
Synonym of locoweed.
Where does oxytrope come from?
From translingual Oxytropis, from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp, pointy”) + τρόπις (trópis, “keel”).

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